vesiculitis

vesiculitis

[vəsik′yəlī′tis]

an inflammation of any vesicle, particularly a seminal vesicle. Clinical manifestations of this condition are minimal; it is usually associated with prostatitis.

vesiculitis

(1) Seminal vesiculitis. (2) A term of waning use for inflammation of a “vesicle”—e.g., urinary bladder (cystitis), gallbladder (cholecystitis) or rarely of a vesicular lesion (vesicular inflammation).

ve·sic·u·li·tis

(vĕ-sik'yū-lī'tis)

Inflammation of any vesicle, especially of a seminal vesicle.

[L. vesicula, vesicle, + G. -itis, inflammation]

vesiculitis

inflammation of a vesicle, especially a seminal vesicle. See seminal vesiculitis.

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